South Australian Current Acts

VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 2001 - SECT 19

19—Joinder of offender as party to court proceedings

        (1)         If an application for statutory compensation is made to the court, the offender is (subject to this section) to be a party to the proceedings before the court.

        (2)         A claimant who makes an application to the court must (subject to this section) serve a copy of the application on the offender.

        (3)         The above requirements are subject to the following qualifications:

            (a)         if the identity of the offender is not known, there is no need to serve a copy of the application on the offender and the offender does not, in that case, become a party to the proceedings;

            (b)         the court may, on application by a claimant, exempt the claimant from the obligation to serve a copy of the application on the offender and, if such an exemption is granted, the offender is not a party to the proceedings.